Sentences with phrase «change secretary on»

There were ten questions to the climate and climate change secretary on the blog and CPRE's chief executive, Shaun Spiers, insisted: «These questions aren't going to go away.

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The announcement was welcomed by Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

«While he expressed his disappointment, given Canada's position on this issue, we both agreed that our close friendship on a whole range of issues — including energy and climate change — should provide the basis for an even closer co-ordination between our countries going forward,» Obama said at the White House after meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry.

However, as Trump's Press Secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted on Sept. 16: «Our position on the Paris agreement has not changed.

In a blog post on Medium, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew laid out the reasons for the redesign, as well as the thinking behind proposed changes for the $ 5 and $ 10 bills.

«Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton,» FBI Director James Comey wrote in a letter to Congress on Sunday.

Just last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan said lawmakers were putting the «finishing touches» on a new health care bill — one that reportedly might scrap protections for people with preexisting conditions — while Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reassured Americans they can soon expect to see proposals for «the most significant change to the tax code since Reagan.»

Rae Kwon Chung, principal advisor on climate change of the United Nations Secretary - General, came up with the figures during

On Tuesday, a coalition — including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Secretary of the Treasury and Goldman Sachs alum Henry Paulson — released a study on the economic costs of climate changOn Tuesday, a coalition — including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Secretary of the Treasury and Goldman Sachs alum Henry Paulson — released a study on the economic costs of climate changon the economic costs of climate change.

On Wednesday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, refused to say whether the tariffs would ultimately go into effect, adding, «I would anticipate that if there are no changes to the behavior of China and they don't stop the unfair trade practices, then we would move forward.»

On Monday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that President Donald Trump is supportive of the bill, which is a notable change from his position last year.

In a joint interview with Marketplace on March 13, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former president of the New York Federal Reserve and former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke stressed that while the financial system is stronger now than it was before the 2008 financial crisis, that could change if certain regulations are rolled back.

NEW DELHI (AP)-- Given a rare opportunity to lunch with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Gaurav Dalmia was less interested Thursday in discussing the planned topics at hand, including climate change or even the trade dispute between India and the U.S. Instead, the Indian businessman was focused on Kerry himself — and whether he would be able to smooth over brittle relations between Washington and New Delhi for the sake of economic growth.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. would have the smallest percentage increase, about 16 percent... Of the changes proposed in June by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the one that would probably have biggest impact on profit is allowing banks to buy U.S. government bonds entirely with borrowed money.

Konrad Raiser, now General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, uses it to describe, a change in theological perspective which affects the whole range of ecumenical work.1 His colleague and former student Martin Robra applies it specifically to a change in perspective on social ethics in World Council work.2 K.C. Abraham describes it as a change in theological and ethical perspective brought about by the participation of the Third World in the ecumenical movement.3 They all make important points.

When I saw who had written that, my hopes for an intelligent, or at least receptive, government response to the campaign against gay «marriage» then getting under way died within me: those words were written by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, and they appeared on the very morning she launched a «consultation» on the government's proposals to enforce a change in the legal definition of this ancient institution.

USDA established the FVIAC in 2001 to examine the full spectrum of issues facing the fruit and vegetable industry and to provide suggestions and ideas to the Secretary on how the department can tailor its programs to meet the changing needs of the produce industry.

At present there is no legislation on the age limit of any tyres fitted to vehicles in the UK, so Frances has enlisted the help of Maria Eagle MP and they have met with Patrick McLoughlin, The Secretary of State for Transport to try to change the law on this important matter.

The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats presented a united front today when they called on the new environment secretary to join their climate change consensus.

Commenting on the Welsh teaching union's decision to strike on October 5 over pension changes, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said this:

We are challenging the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions» decision to change the basis on which certain public sector pension benefits, including teachers» pensions, are up - rated from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).

Tories and Lib Dems presented united front in calling on the new environment secretary to join their climate change consensus.

Read energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne's speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in full on politics.co.uk.

Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, also asked if asked if the prime minister would have «have the moral backbone to tell [Trump] he is wrong on climate change» when she visits him in Washington.

Their letter was sent after the new environment secretary this morning called for a «new environmental contract» on tackling climate change to ensure government, business and individuals all play their part.

NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates: «The question the court is being asked to answer is whether it is just and fair to arbitrarily change the basis on which pensions are calculated, reducing their value by thousands of pounds.

Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne yesterday updated the Commons on the government's fourth carbon budget, which will cover the five - year period to 2027.

However, the Constituency Secretary, Mr Felix Ibrahim, alleged to the Daily Graphic that after voters had converged on an agreed venue for the exercise to take place last Monday, the chairman invited them to the regional party office on grounds that there had been a change of venue.

The International Secretary General of MSF, Oberreit, illustrated this method when, at the same time as the tweet was issued about «victims of EU policies», he called on European governments to change their priorities: «rather than maximising the number of people they can push back, they must maximise the number they welcome and protect.»

«Whilst it is encouraging that student numbers have not decreased in our universities, it is extremely worrying that there has been no change in the number of students from the very backgrounds the government is spending considerable sums of money on persuading to apply,» UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said.

The Liberal Democrat most under threat from the shadow of scandal this year was energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, who faces a police investigation over newspaper allegations that he tried to dodge speeding points on his licence.

Among the ministers joining the prime minister and Mr Cable on the trip are chancellor George Osborne and energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne.

«Lib Dem position on boundary changes is deeply dishonourable,» former defence secretary Liam Fox tweeted before today's debate.

Trump's new executive order to review federal regulations on K - 12 schools doesn't give his education secretary powers she didn't already have, but it could set the stage for a set of proposed changes next year.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Only the NASUWT has continued to challenge governments across the UK on the unacceptable changes made to teachers» pension provision.

In response, and in direct contradiction to, the Secretary of State's declaration, the White House denied the reports that the President's position on the issue had shifted, with the deputy press secretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris aSecretary of State's declaration, the White House denied the reports that the President's position on the issue had shifted, with the deputy press secretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris asecretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris agreement.

The deputy secretary - general of the United Nations says the Trump administration must be «brought back to the table» on climate change, despite repeatedly pledging to pull out of an agreement aiming to reduce carbon emissions.

«Parents and students will judge proposed changes to student finance on whether they make university more expensive or not,» UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said.

Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has also publicly called on the government to use Daesh but it is understood that Downing Street was wary that the name change could confuse the public.

Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday told the U.S. Secretary of Commerce that the state will sue the Department of Commerce and fishery regulatory bodies if changes aren't made to the fluke quota, which he says hurt New York's economy and commercial fishing families.

After reports from District Leaders Keen Berger and Arthur Schwartz (who announced that he was leaving the Village Reform Democratic Club), County Committeeman and County Committee Secretary, Ben Yee reported on the status of several rules changes that had been introduced at the County Committee meeting in September.

This is slowly beginning to dawn on Ed Davey, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

The Committee on Climate Change has its offices in Holbein Place just off Sloane Square and has a budget of # 4.4 million all from the taxpayer (up from # 4.3 million under Labour when Ed Miliband was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.)

The law on self - defence is sound and does not need to be changed, the Home Secretary Charles Clarke has concluded.

Leaving aside the fact that civil society minister Nick Hurd is already supposed to be doing parts of this, the track record of centrally - driven change suggests it is unrealistic to expect a junior minister with no budget or levers to have any real impact on departmental secretaries of state?

In a move predicted for several months and one that will no doubt intensify the believe that she is gearing up for another shot at the White House, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has changed her position on same - sex marriage, saying in a video recorded for the Human Rights Campaign that she now supports letting gay couples legally wed..

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Claire McCaskill are calling on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to reverse a decision from her department's Office for Civil Rights changing the way it investigates complaints, arguing that the move would hamper investigations into sexual assault on college campuses.

The issue of electoral reform for the National Assembly is back on the agenda after the Secretary of State for Wales indicated she may change how AMs are elected.

The National Secretary of the Junior Staff Union of the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, Frank Adjetey Badu, says workers will not change their decision on government's planned concession of ECG.

«On his watch we have an environment secretary who doesn't believe in climate change, our carbon emissions are rising rather than falling and the government has failed to set a target a clean up our power system by 2030.»